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Peace Officers Memorial Day and National Police Week proclaimed
Information submitted The County Commissioners are pictured with members of local law enforcement. (Photo submitted)
VAN WERT – The Board of County Commissioners of Van Wert County, Ohio, met in regular session in the office of said Board on the 11th day of May 2021, with the following members present: Mr. Stan D. Owens, Mr. Thad Lichtensteiger, and Mr. Todd D. Wolfrum.
The following proclamation was made:
Whereas, in 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a Proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week; and
Mock crash: What can happen if students aren’t careful
A Middle Point Fire Department firefighter cuts a roof stanchion on a car while a “dead” student lies where she was ejected from the vehicle.
photos by Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent
DAVE MOSIER/
independent editor
It’s not often that teenagers get to see first-hand what could happen when they drive recklessly or are negligent.
Fortunately, the fatal rollover accident Lincolnview High School students viewed Friday afternoon in the school parking lot which also resulted in serious injuries and one student being life-flighted wasn’t real. But Middle Point Fire Chief Craig King said something similar definitely could happen if students are distracted, drink and drive, and take other risks while driving.
Area agencies participate in mock crash at Lincolnview Friday, April 30, 2021 3:08 PM First responders from Middle Point Fire Department work to free victims of a mock crash at Lincolnview Local Schools Friday afternoon. (DHI Media/Sherry Missler)
BY SHERRY MISSLER
smissler@timesbulletin.com
VAN
WERT COUNTY It appeared to be a grim scene. A unit from the Van Wert
Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, deputies from the Van Wert County
Sheriff s Office, first responders
from the Middle Point Fire Department and EMS, and even the Van Wert County
coroner and Mercy Health Life Flight gathered to render assistance
to victims of a rollover crash on the parking lot of Lincolnview Local
Commissioners read proclamation for Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
Information submitted Wednesday, April 21, 2021 12:00 AM Shown are the Commissioners presenting said Proclamation to the Countyâs 9-1-1 Coordinator, as well as to dispatchers of the Van Wert County Sheriffâs Office. The picture includes the following (left to right): standing: Commissioner Stan Owens, Dispatcher Calib Cunningham, Dispatcher Stephanie Harter, Van Wert County 9-1-1 Coordinator Kim Brandt, Dispatcher Patrick Kesler, and Commissioner Thad Lichtensteiger; sitting: Dispatcher Janis Kesler, Dispatcher Jill Gemmer, and Dispatcher Mallory Mansfield. (Photo submitted) VAN WERT COUNTY The Van Wert County Commissioners recently approved
the attached Proclamation to proclaim Public Safety Telecommunicators